Dr. Federico Fuchs

Biography

Federico Fuchs is a Departmental Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the University of Oxford, affiliated with St Hugh's College. He received his PhD in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2020, where he specialized in comparative politics and research methods. His research interests focus on political economy, examining the formal and informal labor markets, and analyzing how state regulation of labor markets and social policy initiatives impact collective action for informal workers and labor unions, particularly in the context of emerging economies in the Global South with a special focus on Latin America. Prior to joining Oxford, he held various research positions, including Research Associate at Cardiff Business School, LSE Fellow at the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Research Associate at the Robert Schuman Centre at the European University Institute, and Pre-doctoral Research Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

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